Jaime Garza (born September 10, 1959) is an American former professional
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
*Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing
* Boxer (dog), a breed of dog
Boxer or boxers may also refer to:
Animal kingdom
* Boxer crab
* Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans
* Boxer snipe ee ...
who competed from 1978 to 1995. He held the
WBC super bantamweight
Super bantamweight, also known as junior featherweight, is a boxing weight classes, weight class in professional boxing, contested from and up to .
There were attempts by boxing promoters in the 1920s to establish this weight class, but few sanct ...
title from 1983 to 1984.
Biography
Garza is of Mexican descent. In February 1978, he won his pro debut by knocking out Eduardo Villareal. On June 15, 1983, an undefeated Garza defeated Bobby Berna to win the
WBC Super Bantamweight
Super bantamweight, also known as junior featherweight, is a boxing weight classes, weight class in professional boxing, contested from and up to .
There were attempts by boxing promoters in the 1920s to establish this weight class, but few sanct ...
title. He would lose the title in his second defense against Juan Meza.
Professional boxing record
See also
*
List of world super-bantamweight boxing champions
This is a list of world super-bantamweight boxing champions, as recognized by the four major sanctioning organizations in boxing:
* The World Boxing Association (WBA), established in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA). The WBA often rec ...
*
List of Mexican boxing world champions
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...
References
External links
*
, -
{{DEFAULTSORT:Garza, Jaime
1959 births
Living people
American male boxers
Boxers from California
Sportspeople from Santa Cruz, California
American boxers of Mexican descent
World Boxing Council champions
Super-bantamweight boxers
World super-bantamweight boxing champions
20th-century American sportsmen